nothing has been proven yet. however, it DOES appear ms jones WAS rescued from a prison like 'container' AMERICANS were keeping her in, while she was in iraq. it does appear her congressional rep from texas, ted poe was called. it does appear NOTHING is happening to anyone from kbr. what i want to know is, why did the army doctors turn over the rape kit to kbr? it doesn't make sense to me
Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR
KBR Told Victim She Could Lose Her Job If She Sought Help After Being Raped, She Says
By BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER & JUSTIN ROOD
A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident. Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.
"Don't plan on working back in Iraq. There won't be a position here, and there won't be a position in Houston," Jones says she was told.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court against Halliburton and its then-subsidiary KBR, Jones says she was held in the shipping container for at least 24 hours without food or water by KBR, which posted armed security guards outside her door, who would not let her leave. ........
................In a statement, KBR said it was "instructed to cease" its own investigation by U.S. government authorities "because they were assuming sole responsibility for the criminal investigations."
"The safety and security of all employees remains KBR's top priority," it said in a statement. "Our commitment in this regard is unwavering."
Since the attacks, Jones has started a nonprofit foundation called the Jamie Leigh Foundation, which is dedicated to helping victims who were raped or sexually assaulted overseas while working for government contractors or other corporations.
"I want other women to know that it's not their fault," said Jones.............
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I read about this .. .
I hear that this Halliburton/KBR outfit is better at military stuff than the U.S. Army. Because they aren't accountable to anyone and because they make their own laws.
Obviously.
Oh, and I remember back in the good old days when I could comment with a linked signature . . . oh, those were the days.
here is a link y'all to
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yeah, well we all better start DEMANDING they be accountable. ALL of 'em starting from the TOP down
LOL, Rose. I could've html'd myself. I just like to bitch about it.
rick, i know you can run RINGS around me (well perhaps NOT in movie trivia and knitting and making home made pasta). i know how you feel. it's odd what they did. rather rude as a matter of fact
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